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Massachusetts
Political repression plays out state by state — shaped by local institutions, prosecutors, and movements for defense. These are the documented political prisoners and cases the census holds for Massachusetts.
343Documented
1In custody
203Released
3Awaiting trial
Eras of repression in Massachusetts
Where Massachusetts’s entries fall across the census’s historical eras.
1930s 103
1920s 40
1800s 32
1970s 30
1980s 27
1910s 27
Recent dashboard entries from Massachusetts
The newest published events and reporting located in Massachusetts, updated automatically from the live dashboard.
Prosecution
Judge accused of enabling immigrant to escape ICE gets a rare public reprimand
Arrest
Five arrested during climate protest that blocked traffic in Copley Square
Arrest
Climate protestors block rush hour traffic in downtown Boston
Protest
Protesters demand Charles River Laboratories end beagle testing at its downtown Worcester lab
Arrest
Two arrested plastering anti-ICE posters on a Citizens Bank branch in Boston, part of a campaign over its financing of ICE detention operators
Protest
11 arrested in civil disobedience at Burlington ICE facility
Protest
11 arrested after protesting outside Burlington ICE facility
Protest
Eleven activists arrested trying to deliver care packages to detainees at the Burlington ICE facility
Documented cases
343 entries in the census — every one stays in the record, whether the case is open or closed.
M
Marks Whittier
Marks Whittier was imprisoned at Deer Island after a Boston unemployment demonstration. In a signed letter pri...
J
John Williams Jr.
Released
John Williams Jr. of Norfolk, Virginia, was arrested by the United States marshal in Boston and confined at Fo...
H
Harry Winner
Released
Harry E. Winner was a Massachusetts businessman indicted alongside the MIT mathematician Dirk Struik in 1951 u...
F
Fred Wood
Fred Wood organized the Cape Cod Cranberry Pickers Union during the September 1933 cranberry strike. Jamieson...
W
William Wood
William Wood was arrested on May 17, 1934.
The July17,1934 NewMasses identifies WilliamWood, an MIT student,...
J
John Znol
John Znol was a textile striker actually arrested and held on no stated charge in the Warren village strike re...
E
Ernestine leBeau
Ernestine leBeau was individually arrested August 6, 1984 at GTE and sentenced November 19. The report explici...
Institutions in Massachusetts
Prisons, jails, and detention centers in Massachusetts that appear in the census’s case files.
Fort WarrenBoston, Massachusetts
75 cases
Norfolk County Jail Dedham, Massachusetts
10 cases
Boston Court House
3 cases
Charlestown State PrisonBoston, Massachusetts
2 cases
Deer Island PrisonBoston, Massachusetts
2 cases
Boston JailBoston, Massachusetts
2 cases
Hampshire County Jail (Northampton)Northampton, Massachusetts
1 case
Salem, MA federal jailSalem, Massachusetts
1 case